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Appendix E: Committee Member Biographical Sketches
Pages 453-462

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... House of Representatives, representing Kansas' 4th Congressional District. During his time in Congress, he was a member of the House Agriculture Committee, including 6 years as chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over federal farm policy issues, nutrition policy, the Food Stamp Program, the School Lunch Program and other child nutrition programs, and the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
From page 454...
... Dr. Greenwood received her A.B., summa cum laude, from Vassar College and received her Ph.D.
From page 455...
... Her current research focuses heavily on sugarsweetened beverage taxation, school district wellness policies, and community policies related to the physical activity and food environments.
From page 456...
... Her current studies include evaluations of large community based obesity initiatives and school-based policy interventions.
From page 457...
... , has been a member of the AAP Task Force on Obesity, and is currently chair of the AAP Obesity Leadership Workgroup. She authored A Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity; Pediatric Obesity: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Strategies for Primary Care; and Clinical Guide to Pediatric Weight Management.
From page 458...
... Steven H Kelder, Ph.D., M.P.H., is Beth Toby Grossman Distinguished Professor in Spirituality and Healing and co-director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Austin, Texas.
From page 459...
... from the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston School of Public Health in community health studies. Shiriki K
From page 460...
... Victoria Rideout, M.A., is president and founder of VJR Consulting, a private consulting firm specializing in media research and social marketing strategy. Until 2010 she served as vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and director of the foundation's Program for the Study of Media and Health.
From page 461...
... Sanchez led a statewide, comprehensive obesity prevention initiative and oversaw the creation of the 2006 Texas Obesity Policy Portfolio and the release of a Texas obesity cost projection comparing 2000 with 2040. He also oversaw Texas' behavioral health programs, disease prevention and bioterrorism preparedness programs, family and community health services programs, and environmental and consumer safety and health-related regulatory programs.
From page 462...
... Dr. Wartella serves on the National Educational Advisory Board of the Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, the board of directors for the World Summit on Media for Children Foundation, the PBS KIDS Next Generation Media Advisory Board, the board of trustees for Sesame Workshop, and advisory boards for Harvard's Center on Media and Child Health and The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University.


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